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Mother of two, Olga Dobruseva, left Belarus in 2021 fearing arrest because of her activism and now lives in Georgia. In the summer of 2025 she broke her arm. In order not to become disabled, she borrowed money for a complex surgery. Now she has no means of subsistence, her children have just started first grade, and she is asking for help to get through the rehabilitation period.

A 66-year-old retiree from Minsk, participant in the 2020 protests, after arrest, home confinement and extraction to Poland, is now in urgent need of support. He has been diagnosed with cancer and requires costly medical consultations, support, and treatment.

Andrei Salapura, a foreign language teacher from Brest, took part in the protests in 2020. He was arrested in 2024 and spent a year and a half in a correctional facility. After his release, he left for Poland, where he now needs support for his family while applying for residence and settling in exile.

Before the events of 2020, Belarusian Olga Klimkova was an entrepreneur, running her own business, raising children, building a house, and working in her garden. But she decided to become an election observer and ended up spending three and a half years in a correctional facility.

A Belarusian volunteer fighter and medic is now transferring to a new unit and is forced to purchase body armor and gear all over again. In addition to personal protection, he is raising funds for 10 field camp beds for his platoon, so that in winter the fighters won’t have to sleep on cold concrete.

Konstantin Yershov is an electrician, photographer, and activist from Minsk. He went through prison and underwent several surgeries. Now, due to an injury, he cannot work and needs our support to recover and start living again.

The Volnyja Initiative helps released political prisoners with re-socialisation. In order to continue their work, they need your help.

Belarusian independent media Reform.by is on the verge of closure. But thanks to you we will be able to keep the team of our journalists-newsmen and not to stop the work.

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